Geraldine Marie LAPPING

1915 - 2002  (86 years)

• Name	Geraldine Marie LAPPING
  Birth	18 Nov 1915	Ramsey County, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1915-26545
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2002-MN-019942
  Death	24 May 2002	Stearns County, Minnesota
  Burial	St. Mary’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	An obit, from Bonnie’s Find A Grave page: Jerry Marrin was born November 18 1915 in Minneapolis to Jasper and Adelaide (Mayer) Lapping. She grew up in SE Minneapolis and was a 1933 graduate of Minneapolis John Marshall. She showed an early aptitude for music. While in high school, she and two friends formed a trio, the Sophisticates, won numerous talent contests and sang regularly on WCCO radio opposite the Andrews Sisters. After high school, the trio joined the Bernie Cummins Orchestra. Jerry adopted the stage name Jerry Lang and toured extensively with the orchestra during the 1930s. When the trio later disbanded, Jerry became lead vocalist with the orchestra. She sang at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and in many other ballrooms across the country. She left the orchestra in 1939, returned to Minneapolis and met Francis J Marrin. They married on July 10 1941 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. They settled in SE Minneapolis and raised seven children. After her marriage, Jerry continued her love of music and imparted it to her children. She was a mainstay of the choir at St Lawrence Catholic Church for many years, sang in church-sponsored musicals and variety shows, studied opera and piano at the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis and became an accomplished classical pianist. She and her husband moved to St Cloud in 1991. She is survived by her 6 sons, their wives, daughter, her husband, 2 sisters, one brother-in-law, 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and brothers Edwin and Bennett Lapping.
  Person ID	I4708	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Jasper Edward LAPPING,   b. 13 Nov 1883, Minnesota d. 1 Jun 1965, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Adelaide Ann (Della) MAYER,   b. 10 Mar 1884, Winona County, Minnesota d. 22 Apr 1962, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1908	Merriam Park, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F3696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis Joseph MARRIN,   b. 17 Oct 1904, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 18 Jan 1999, St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1941	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Holy Rosary Catholic Church
  Children	1. James Francis MARRIN,   b. 21 May 1942, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Jun 2018, Stearns County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2011